MitchellB92

Q: New MacBook Pro - Pop sounds when I play games?

Hello,

 

I've been having a rough two weeks... My first MacBook Pro came damaged in transit... The second sent out to me had dead thunderbolt ports... I ended up going in to the apple store where they swapped it out on the spot for this new one that I'm very, very happy with... but...

 

I'm interested in Second Life, Guild Wars 2, and World of Warcraft...

 

It seems like when I initially get going in one of these games, after they load, I'll hear this little "pop" sound.

 

After such, typically, I don't hear another until I reboot the machine and then launch a game AFTER rebooting... Restarting the games doesn't cause it to happen again typically.

 

It's typically one pop sound, it isn't overwhelmingly loud, at times it'll be faint. I'm very curious what this is and why it's doing this. I don't know enough about engineering of electronics to know, but I'm curious if its the amp in the speaker for some reason kicking in after the sound card or whatnot starts being utilized when something like these applications run?

 

At times it sounds almost as if its a click then a pop, but most of the time I'm interpreting it simply as a pop sound.

 

I'd really appreciate any input. I really hope this doesn't indicate hardware damage, I haven't even had this for a week yet, yet it's been doing it since day #1. I had figured that it would be extremely unlikely to have a third MacBook that had issues and would need a swap out again so I have just assumed its typical but I haven't read much about it online.

 

Thanks.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Sep 27, 2016 4:16 PM

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  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Sep 27, 2016 4:28 PM in response to MitchellB92
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    Sep 27, 2016 4:28 PM in response to MitchellB92

    Bring the MBP to the Apple store and have it examined since is in the warranty period.  Since you got the MBP from Apple, you have 14 days from the date of purchase for an exchange or a refund.

     

    Ciao.

  • by MitchellB92,

    MitchellB92 MitchellB92 Sep 27, 2016 4:34 PM in response to OGELTHORPE
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    Sep 27, 2016 4:34 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

    Thanks... I was hoping to hear something like "thats normal"... being that this is the third swapout in a row from my purchase. This is becoming beyond ridiculous...

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Sep 27, 2016 4:48 PM in response to MitchellB92
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    Sep 27, 2016 4:48 PM in response to MitchellB92

    What you describe is not normal, at least based on the experience I have had with 4 MBPs.  It would be to every ones advantage to be able to duplicate this phenomenon at the Apple store genius bar and determine the exact cause.  That does not always happen.

     

    Ciao.

  • by MitchellB92,

    MitchellB92 MitchellB92 Sep 27, 2016 5:42 PM in response to OGELTHORPE
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    Sep 27, 2016 5:42 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

    Hi,

    Yes. At the same time its not doing it in iTunes or anything else. I've done troubleshooting processes.

     

    It seems to do with the games... I'm not sure how to explain it, but it makes the sound once and only once and it doesn't affect sound, video, quality, nothing. That one little pop is enough to make me concerned, being that I'm overly-anxious to begin. It sounds a lot like a speaker turning on.

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Sep 28, 2016 4:26 AM in response to MitchellB92
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    Sep 28, 2016 4:26 AM in response to MitchellB92

    If this happens only with the games, then there might be some correlation with the software ans might not be a flaw in the MBP.  I still think the genius bar is your best option.

     

    Ciao.